Anvisa bans two substances used in nail products

Companies and establishments have a 90-day period to stop selling or using the ingredients

THE National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) announced on Wednesday 29th the ban on two substances used to make artificial gel nails and also present in gel polish formulas.

They are: the TPOdiphenyloxide (2,4,6-trimethylbenzene) phosphine e DMPTor N,N-dimethyl-p-toluidine, also known as dimethyltolylamine (DMTA).

According to Anvisa, animal studies have shown that TPO is reproductive toxic, meaning it can damage fertility. DMPT would increase the risk of Cancer. Recently the European Union also banned these substances.

“Faced with this scenario, it is the State’s duty to act preventively, avoiding the perpetuation of a risk that is known to be avoidable”, underlined Daniela Marreco, director of Anvisa, speaking at the vote of the collegial Council.

“It is worth emphasizing that adverse events related to these substances are, in general, associated with repeated and prolonged exposure, whereby occasional or infrequent contact represents a significantly lower risk, which, however, does not eliminate the need for a timely measure to ban these substances, fulfilling our role of protecting health by enacting the precautionary measure now proposed,” he added.

Starting from the publication of the standard, the manufacture, import and granting of new registrations or notifications for products containing TPO or DMPT is prohibited.

Companies and establishments have a 90-day period to stop selling or using products already on the market. After this period, all registrations and notifications of these products will be canceled by Anvisa and the responsible companies will have to withdraw those still in stores or distributors.

Source: Terra

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